Election 2020

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House, Senate Reject Challenge to Biden Arizona Win

As Mike Pence condemns the violence

(Newser) - Congress did indeed return to work Wednesday night after the afternoon violence in DC . The Senate was gaveled back into session shortly after 8pm, about six hours after pro-Trump protesters forced them to flee the Capitol. "Let's get back to work," Vice President Mike Pence told senators...

Obama Doesn&#39;t Mince Words on Trump
Obama Doesn't
Mince Words
on Trump
Jan 6, 2021 7:53 PM CST

Obama Doesn't Mince Words on Trump

Violence was 'incited by a sitting president'

(Newser) - Barack Obama is out with a scathing statement about Wednesday's extraordinary day in DC , and its first sentences set the tone:
  • “History will rightly remember today’s violence at the Capitol, incited by a sitting president who has continued to baselessly lie about the outcome of a lawful
...

Protesters Targeted Statehouses Nationwide

Raffensperger was evacuated from Georgia Capitol

(Newser) - Washington, DC wasn't the only capital targeted by pro-President Trump protesters Wednesday. In Atlanta, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his staff were evacuated from the Georgia Capitol as militia members gathered outside, 11Alive reports. Officials say they were escorted out of the building due to security concerns as...

McConnell, Pelosi Want Vote Count to Finish Tonight

'We must not be intimidated or prevented from fulfilling our constitutional duty,' Romney says

(Newser) - Lawmakers including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell don't want an invasion of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters to stop them finishing their day's work. An aide to McConnell says the Republican wants senators to return Wednesday night to resume the electoral vote count, the Washington ...

Rep. Says She Is Drawing Up Articles of Impeachment
Democrats Call
for Trump's Removal
Jan 6, 2021 6:23 PM CST

Democrats Call for Trump's Removal

Rep. Ilhan Omar says she is drawing up articles of impeachment

(Newser) - US Representative Ilhan Omar said Wednesday that she is drawing up articles of impeachment against President Trump, the Guardian reports. "Donald J. Trump should be impeached by the House of Representatives & removed from office by the United States Senate," the Minnesota Democrat tweeted . "We can't...

What World Leaders Are Saying About DC Violence

'Disgraceful,' 'shocking,' and 'concerning'

(Newser) - “Disgraceful." That’s Boris Johnson’s take on images of Trump supporters storming the US Capitol on Wednesday, according to the Guardian . “The United States stands for democracy around the world and it is now vital that there should be a peaceful and orderly transfer of power,...

Woman Shot as Trump Supporters Storm Capitol
Woman Shot Inside
Capitol Building Dies
UPDATED
Jan 6, 2021 4:21 PM CST

Woman Shot Inside Capitol Building Dies

Circumstances of shooting still unclear

(Newser) - A woman was fatally shot at the US Capitol on Wednesday as dozens of supporters of President Trump clashed with police as they stormed the building , CBS reports. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, per reports. NBC later reported that she died. The exact circumstances...

Trump Slams Pence for Lacking 'Courage'

VP said he didn't have authority to reject electoral college votes

(Newser) - President Trump urged Vice President Pence to "come through for us" and reject Electoral College votes Wednesday—but his hopes were dashed before the joint session of Congress to certify the results began. In a statement issued just as he was to begin presiding over the session, the AP...

Pence Confirms He Will Not Do Ask Trump Asked
Republicans Object to
Arizona Tally, to Applause
the rundown
Jan 6, 2021 1:22 PM CST

Republicans Object to Arizona Tally, to Applause

Proceedings were halted when protesters stormed Capitol

(Newser) - The joint session of the House and Senate convened Wednesday to count the Electoral College votes, and within 15 minutes the first objection was logged: Republicans objected to election tally in Arizona to lengthy applause in the chamber, forcing votes in the House and Senate on Joe Biden's victory...

Warnock: Police Who Arrested Me Can Help Me Find My Office

Georgia's new senator referenced his 2017 arrest at the US Capitol

(Newser) - Raphael Warnock's roots showed little promise of a future that led to the US Senate . He grew up in Savannah in the Kayton Homes public housing project, the second youngest of 12 children. His mother as a teenager had worked as a sharecropper picking cotton and tobacco, and he...

Mike Pence's Big Day Gets Late-Night Preview

Jimmy Fallon says VP's role at election certification is glorified 'bingo caller'; others have own takes

(Newser) - All eyes will be on Mike Pence on Wednesday, when the vice president will preside over a joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden's election victory. With President Trump putting the squeeze on him to block that certification—which legal experts widely agree Pence doesn't have the...

Pa.'s Statehouse Descends Into Chaos

State-certified election winner Jim Brewster denied oath of office in Pa.

(Newser) - Republican senators in Pennsylvania refused to seat a Democrat on Tuesday despite his state-certified election win, resulting in chaos . Democratic State Sen. Jim Brewster of Allegheny County defeated Republican challenger Nicole Ziccarelli by just 69 votes in the Nov. 3 election, according to state-certified returns. But Ziccarelli has sued in...

Trump and Allies Start Up With the Fraud Claims in Georgia
Warnock Wins in
Georgia Senate Runoff
UPDATED
Jan 6, 2021 1:51 AM CST

Warnock Wins in Georgia Senate Runoff

As Trump and his allies fume over what they say is more fraud

(Newser) - The AP and other outlets have called one of two Senate runoff races in Georgia: Democrat Raphael Warnock beat incumbent Kelly Loeffler, becoming the first Black senator Georgia has ever elected. Democrats must also win the other race, which remains too close to call at the time of this posting,...

Georgia Counts Ballots in Crucial Senate Elections

Polls have closed in races that will determine control of chamber

(Newser) - Georgia officials began counting the final votes of the nation's turbulent 2020 election season on Tuesday night as polls closed in two critical Senate runoff races that will determine control of the US Senate and, in turn, the fate of President-elect Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. While voting was...

How Wednesday&#39;s Big Day in Congress Should Play Out
What to Expect When
Congress Meets Wednesday
the rundown
Jan 5, 2021 12:58 PM CST

What to Expect When Congress Meets Wednesday

GOP objections to vote count could delay certification for 12 hours

(Newser) - By now, everyone knows the drill: Congress meets Wednesday to formally certify the electoral college results, with VP Mike Pence scheduled to preside. This is normally routine stuff, with the joint session lasting all of 23 minutes in 2013 and 41 minutes in 2017, notes CBS News . But the 2021...

As Georgia Votes, Both Races Look Like Toss-Ups

Republicans count on big turnout in Senate runoffs

(Newser) - Republicans will probably need a large Election Day turnout to win the Senate runoffs in Georgia, according to the University of Virginia's Center for Politics . The site still considers both races toss-ups. Election Day turnout over 4 million would bode well for Republicans, allowing them to erase any deficit...

Amid &#39;Tumultuous&#39; 2 Days, 2 Views of Trump
Amid 'Tumultuous' 2 Days,
2 Views of Trump
OPINION
Jan 5, 2021 10:35 AM CST

Amid 'Tumultuous' 2 Days, 2 Views of Trump

One pundit thinks the US needs better protection against an 'authoritarian' like him

(Newser) - Tuesday's election in Georgia and Wednesday's certification of the presidential vote in DC have given pundits no shortage of things to write about. As Mike Allen puts it at Axios , the "next two days look to be the most tumultuous and telling of the wild, never-ending 2020...

Kelly Loeffler Will Object to Election Results

Senator has been hedging for a while on what she'll do come election certification day

(Newser) - On the eve of her own re-election battle, Sen. Kelly Loeffler is confirming she will join the lawmakers challenging the electoral results when Congress meets to certify the presidential election Wednesday. The Georgia senator, one of two Republicans attempting to fend off Democratic challengers in Tuesday's runoff election, announced...

Election Official 'Wanted to Scream' When He Heard Trump Call

Raffensperger's office debunks fraud claims

(Newser) - A top election official in Georgia says hearing President Trump rehash election fraud claims was like Groundhog Day. At a news conference called by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office Monday, a clearly exasperated Gabriel Sterling listed the claims Trump made in his Saturday call to Raffensperger and...

Democrats Want FBI to Investigate Trump Call

'The evidence of election fraud by Mr. Trump is now in broad daylight'

(Newser) - Experts have called President Trump's phone call to Georgia's secretary of state legally murky —but a few congressional Democrats say it was clearly criminal. In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray sent Monday, Reps. Ted Lieu and Kathleen Rice called for an "immediate criminal investigation"...

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